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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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